title: Malignant fibrous histiocytoma/undifferentiated high-grade pleomorphic sarcoma of the maxillary sinus: report of a case and review of the literature.
abstract: Malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) also known as undifferentiated high-grade pleomorphic sarcoma (UHPS) is a soft tissue sarcoma, composed of undifferentiated mesenchymal tumors possessed fibrohistiocytic morphology without definite true histiocytic differentiation. Head and neck localization is very rare, showing an incidence ranging from 4 % to 10 % in different series of investigations. The most frequent involved sites in UHPS are the neck and parotid, followed by the scalp, face, anterior skull base and orbit. Upper aerodigestive tract, lateral skull base and ear are rare locations. The incidence of the lymphatic metastases is also rare. The aim of this article is to report a case of UHPS in the maxillary sinus with palatal, orbital and ethmoidal involvement, with lymphatic metastasis and its surgical treatment. In addition, we review the literature of similar cases of the past 12 years.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oro-Maxillofacial Surgery and Stomatology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary, drazsen@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Drazsen
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vuity
authors.forename: Sandor
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bogdan
authors.forename: Katalin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Csurgay
authors.forename: Zoltan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sapi
authors.forename: Zsolt
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Nemeth
mesh_terms: D051677:Histiocytoma, Malignant Fibrous / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008443:Maxillary Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008444:Maxillary Sinus Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis*